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Learn Professional 2D Game Graphic Design in Photoshop

Learn how you can create your own professional game graphics quickly in Photoshop!

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Drawing tablet (this makes the process of drawing much easier but is not 100% vital. You can use a mouse)

Basic drawing skills

Basic understanding of Photoshop

Description

This course was last updated on 10/19/16

Join over 10,500 learning students and begin designing game graphics today!

Looking to make
extra money as a game graphic designer? Or maybe you’re on a quest
to create graphics for your own games? In any case you’ve come to
the right place.

The 2D Game
Background Creation Course will show you how to create quick high
quality stylized backgrounds for games and animations that will stand up as professional work. The techniques
taught in this course can be translated into prop and character
creation. This course will enhance or give you skills in the world of
digital art creation - or your money back!

The course is your
track to building amazing attractive backgrounds and ultimately -
make you money! Whether for your own games or for other peoples
projects.

This course will
take you from having little knowledge in Photoshop to creating
professional backgrounds in as little as 1 week.

So what else is in
it for you?

You’ll gain
instant access to all five sections of the course including the bonus
section where I show you where and how to find jobs creating digital
art work that you can do from anywhere in the world. You’ll also
gain access to 50 assets I’ve created for your personal and
commercial use. These assets can be used over and over again in your
own games or can be used to help you make money with other peoples
games!

The course is setup
to quickly take you through step by step, the process of creating a
digital background in Photoshop. It will equip you with the knowledge
to create stunning backgrounds for games and animations.

Don’t believe me?
I offer you a full money back guarantee within the first 30 days of
purchasing the course.

Here’s what you
get with the course:

You’ll get access
to the five sections of the course that will show you how I create
professional digital backgrounds and also teaches you where you can
find clients. The course is supported with over 2.5 hours of clear
content that I walk you through each step of the way.

All at your fingers
tips instantly.

The course starts
with the basics. For those of you that have never used Photoshop I’ll
walk you through the basic tools we’ll be using.

Next I’ll show
you how I create my thumbnails and where I go for inspiration.

Once you’ve
chosen a thumbnail we’ll design each individual aspect of the
background.

After you design
each piece of your background I’ll show you how to stitch them
together to complete the final design.

At this point
you’ll be ready to dive right in and start building the individual
components that will make up your background! I’ll go over every
thing from how to create clouds, to building architectural
structures.

Over the 5 chapters
you will learn:

How to use the 50
assets included in this course

Photoshop basics

The design process

Building your
assets

how to find jobs
creating digital artwork

What else will you
get?

- Personal contact
with me, the course tutor

- Lifetime access to
course materials

- Understanding of
how professional digital artwork is designed, created, and organized
layer by layer

- 50 free assets for
your use

This all comes under
one convenient easy to use platform. Plus you will get fast,
friendly, responsive support on the Udemy forms and through email.

I will be here for
you every step of the way!

So what are you
waiting for? Sign up now to get your 50 free assets and start
building to day!

Who is the target audience?

Students looking to learn how to create professional 2D game and animation backgrounds in Photoshop.

Students that are thirsty for knowledge about digital artwork creation and are willing to work hard to master there skills.

I'll take you through a brief overview of everything you'll be learning in this course on creating game graphics in Photoshop. The course begins with the basics. I'll walk you through the tools you'll be using throughout the course. Next I'll show you how to brainstorm and design your background. Then we can jump right in and start building your assets. At the end of the course I'll talk to you a bit about finding jobs creating digital art.

The best way to get the most value from the course is to become a part of the community. Create a new discussion in the Q&A section of the course and tell us about yourself. If you have any questions pertaining to the course you can also ask them in the Q&A section. Thank you!

How to get the most out of this course!

01:30

Here's what comes with the course for you to use. In the course you will receive 50 free assets that I've created for your use. I've spent countless hours creating these assets for you. The assets include shapes, doors, windows, and plants. I hope you enjoy these graphic game assets!

Lean how free lancer allows you to work from anywhere in the world and I'll show you how to find jobs.

Travel the world while you work!

02:46

I'll tell you how to differentiate yourself from all the other freelancers through your proposal.

Writing a killer proposal to your employer

02:34

Pricing your bid is very important on freelancer. In this article I will teach you the techniques I'v used to score big jobs freelancing.

Pricing your Bid

00:41

Part of getting jobs on freelancer is writing a good proposal to your potential employer. In this article I will share with you an example of what my proposals look like.

Example of a killer proposal!

00:41

This course should have left you with some great skills for creating digital art. If you're happy with the course please feel free to leave a positive review.

Course conclusion!

00:20

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Extras

1 Lecture
02:34

In this video I'll show you how to use the 50 assets I've included in this course for you. I'll show you how to cut them out, re-size, reshape, and recolor your assets so they fit into your background.

Just like you did with your first background you are going to start this background off by drawing a sketch of your background layout. It's important to do this sketch so you don'v have to worry to much about shape and placement when you are painting your background.

When painting your backgrounds it's always a good rule of thumb to start off with your furthest back layer. This way you can build each layer on top of it. In this lecture we will start our background by painting the sky and the mountains!

Painting the sky and mountains

09:24

In this lecture you are going to learn how to create hand painted textures for your background. Hand painting game art is a process of layering transparent and opaque colors. You will be hand painting an Aztec temple for your game background in this lecture.

Building an Aztec pyramid!

15:19

Painting 3 different trees

15:36

In this lecture you are going be painting green foliage for your jungle floor. You will specifically be painting jungle ferns in this lecture. By the end of this lecture you will have to plant assets for your game art background.

Painting Jungle foliage

15:55

Now that you've created your jungle fern it's time to create the three other plants for you jungle foliage. Jungles are made up of all types of plants so It's important to create multiple plants to add variety. Once you have created all of your plants it's time top place them in your scrolling game background.

Placing your jungle foliage in your background

20:32

It's important that your background layers seamlessly connect to each other on both ends of your PSD. In this lecture I'm going to show you how to line up the ends of your image and how to bled them into each other. By the end of this lecture you will know exactly how to blend seems in your scrolling game backgrounds.

Creating a seamless scrolling background

10:52

When designing game backgrounds you are most likely going to want to have multiple elevations for your player to move on. In this lecture we are going to add a floating log type obstacle. This asset could be used as a platform or even as an object for your player to run through.

In this lecture you are going to be painting the two floating platforms in your game background. These platforms would be for you player to jump on at some point in the game. The platforms will be broken up into two different parts, the rock bottom and the grassy top.

Building your floating rock platforms

12:47

Its always important to make sure that you have a floor for your character to play on. In this lecture you will be adding in the jungle floor platform. You will also make the platform seamless that way it can scroll in you background endlessly.

Creating the ground platform

09:48

In this lecture you are going to paint a stone Aztec head. It's important to use reference when ever creating game art so be sure to find some reference for your Aztec statue. By the end of this lecture you are going to understand how to create game assets that look like they are made form stone.

In this lecture you are going to paint the giant tree in your foreground. You will also reuse your jungle fern assets as the tree tops leaves. Lastly you will add in some jungle vines for your game character to swing on. You are nearly complete with this game art background!

The last thing you will be adding to your jungle are light rays that will be shinning down trough your jungle canopy. The light rays will make your background look more realistic and add atmosphere to your background.

Adding light rays to your jungle

04:04

Now that your background is complete it's time to export. In this lecture I will teach you the correct and fastest way to export your background. You will need to export each layer as it's own file with transparent backgrounds that way you can use them in your game. Thanks for joining me in this course and I look forward to seeing the wonderful games you make!

At the age of 17 I began a 6th month internship with an animation studio out of Utah. After my internship was up, I was hired on to build backgrounds and to design props and characters for animation projects. I then began to do my own freelance work on the side through networking and using online freelancing sites. Now I work as a freelance Illustrator and designer working on my own time from where ever I want.